ALLIED SUBMARINES
MEDITERRANEAN SUCCESSES Rec. 12.40 p.m. RUGBY, October 7. An Admiralty communique states that his Majesty's submarines -«in the Mediterranean sank six ships and damaged two others. Of these a mediumsized ammunition ship was destroyed by torpedo in the Gulf of Genoa. In the same area a small supply ship carrying troops was sunk and a medium supply ship was damaged by a torpedo. One submarine operating off the northern coast of Corsica torpedoed two escort supply ships, one of which broke in two and 'sank, while the other was damaged. A naval auxiliary was sunk off the Island of Elba, an auxiliary petrol carrier was destroyed north of Bari, and a small supply ship was sunk oft' Toulon.
Another submarine bombarded . the important ironworks at Stratoni, on the coast of the northern Aegean.
- A Polish naval communique states that the Polish submarine Czik, operating with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean during the attempted evacuation of the German forces from Corsica, torpedoed and sank two supply ships, one large and the other of medium size, in the Bastia roads. Three Siebels ferry vessels, used for the transport of enemy troops to the .mainland, were also attacked and seen to sink.
The Czik also scored a hit on a large transport and a large tanker, but it was impossible to observe the results. — 8.0.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 5
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